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  3. Changes in residence and jobs place a tremendous amount of stress and pressure【B1】people【B2】they try to adjust themselves to new

Changes in residence and jobs place a tremendous amount of stress and pressure【B1】people【B2】they try to adjust themselves to new

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问题     Changes in residence and jobs place a tremendous amount of stress and pressure【B1】people【B2】they try to adjust themselves to new people and places. Yet short-lasting relationships are not【B3】only to people and places. Objects move in and out of our lives at an astonishing rate. America, the "consumer society", has also been【B4】the name "the throw away society". Every year we throw away【B5】quantities of bottles, cans, paper, and on and on, buildings are pulled【B6】around us, and new ones take their place; they are cheaper to replace than to repair.【B7】every major change, our places feel【B8】familiar. Our lives become filled【B9】a sense of impermanence and uncertainty.
    The rate at which new and sometimes contradictory information comes at us【B10】contributes to our feelings of instability and transience. It’s estimated that 90 percent of all scientists who ever lived are【B11】today. New scientific discoveries are being made every day of the week,【B12】unlike in other ages, new ideas are quickly applied in practical ways. The【B13】of new technology on our lives is felt almost immediately.
    As we look【B14】on history, we think in terms of large periods of time, from the ten thousand years of the agricultural revolution to the three hundred years of the industrial【B15】. Today time【B16】like it’s speeding up. We no longer【B17】to think of change in terms of centuries,【B18】in terms of【B19】, the 1960’s, 1970% and 1980’s. The day may come【B20】we will think of great historical change in terms of years, even months.
选项 A、in
B、on
C、from
D、with
答案B
解析 本题为固定搭配。place stress/pressure on意思为“对……施加压力”。
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